Flower visitors of lettuce under field and enclosure conditions

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-581

  Goubara, Masashi ^a   Takasaki, Takeshi ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andrena knuthi; Lactuca sativa; Lasioglossum villosulum trichopse; Oligolectic; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CERATINA BONINENSIS; CICHORIEAE; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LASIOGLOSSUM VILLOSULUM; OSMIA; OSMIA CORNIFRONS;

EID: 1342268170     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.571     Document Type: Article

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